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Bob Hiltermann
Bob Hiltermann (born August 1, 1952) is a writer, director, actor, and musician. He is best known as a founding member of the world's only all-deaf rock band, Beethoven's Nightmare, and for his involvement in groundbreaking deaf theatre and film productions. His acclaimed short film, This is Ed!!, has won 24 awards internationally. Hiltermann has appeared in numerous film and television productions, and is a co-founder of Deaf West Theatre, a Tony Award-winning company known for its Broadway productions.
Hiltermann was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany, to Maria Albert and Karl Hiltermann. He was the second youngest of eleven children. At the age of four, he contracted spinal meningitis, which resulted in his hearing loss. His deafness remained undiagnosed until he was ten years old, which caused significant challenges in school.
In 1957, his family emigrated to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Despite academic struggles, Hiltermann developed an early passion for music—especially drumming—after being exposed to powwows on the Blackfoot Indian reservation with a childhood friend and later listening to The Beatles through his sister Dagmar.
Following high school, a guidance counselor encouraged him to apply to Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University) in Washington, D.C., a university for the deaf and hard of hearing. He was accepted, likely due to his strong performance in mathematics. There, he learned American Sign Language (ASL), as well as English reading and writing skills, opening the door to creative and communicative expression.
While at Gallaudet, Hiltermann met fellow deaf musicians Ed Chevy and Steve Longo, with whom he formed Beethoven's Nightmare.
Hiltermann made his film debut in 1986, portraying Orin Dennis in the Academy Award-winning film Children of a Lesser God. He reunited with co-star Marlee Matlin in the 1989 CBS television movie Bridge to Silence.
Other notable appearances include roles in: All My Children (ABC), Cold Case (CBS); Hawaii Five-0 (CBS); The Blacklist (NBC); The Hammer; See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary; The PBS documentary Through Deaf Eyes (2007); and Sirens (ABC).
In 2017, he wrote and directed the short film This is Ed!!, which won 24 awards at international film festivals, including Best Director nominations at the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival and the Shanghai International Deaf Film Festival.
Bob Hiltermann
Bob Hiltermann (born August 1, 1952) is a writer, director, actor, and musician. He is best known as a founding member of the world's only all-deaf rock band, Beethoven's Nightmare, and for his involvement in groundbreaking deaf theatre and film productions. His acclaimed short film, This is Ed!!, has won 24 awards internationally. Hiltermann has appeared in numerous film and television productions, and is a co-founder of Deaf West Theatre, a Tony Award-winning company known for its Broadway productions.
Hiltermann was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany, to Maria Albert and Karl Hiltermann. He was the second youngest of eleven children. At the age of four, he contracted spinal meningitis, which resulted in his hearing loss. His deafness remained undiagnosed until he was ten years old, which caused significant challenges in school.
In 1957, his family emigrated to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Despite academic struggles, Hiltermann developed an early passion for music—especially drumming—after being exposed to powwows on the Blackfoot Indian reservation with a childhood friend and later listening to The Beatles through his sister Dagmar.
Following high school, a guidance counselor encouraged him to apply to Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University) in Washington, D.C., a university for the deaf and hard of hearing. He was accepted, likely due to his strong performance in mathematics. There, he learned American Sign Language (ASL), as well as English reading and writing skills, opening the door to creative and communicative expression.
While at Gallaudet, Hiltermann met fellow deaf musicians Ed Chevy and Steve Longo, with whom he formed Beethoven's Nightmare.
Hiltermann made his film debut in 1986, portraying Orin Dennis in the Academy Award-winning film Children of a Lesser God. He reunited with co-star Marlee Matlin in the 1989 CBS television movie Bridge to Silence.
Other notable appearances include roles in: All My Children (ABC), Cold Case (CBS); Hawaii Five-0 (CBS); The Blacklist (NBC); The Hammer; See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary; The PBS documentary Through Deaf Eyes (2007); and Sirens (ABC).
In 2017, he wrote and directed the short film This is Ed!!, which won 24 awards at international film festivals, including Best Director nominations at the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival and the Shanghai International Deaf Film Festival.
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